Combined attributes of soil nematode communities as indicators of grassland degradation

Combined attributes of soil nematode communities as indicators of grassland degradation

As a prominent component of the terrestrial biosphere, soil nematodes constitute a potential indicator for biomonitoring systems. Although nematodes respond to environmental variables or gradients, the mechanism and reason of changes in nematode assemblages with the retrogression of grasslands induc...

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Main Authors: Chen, Y. (Author), Liu, J. (Author), Wang, D. (Author), Wu, D. (Author), Wu, X. (Author), Yang, J. (Author), Yang, Z. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2021
Subjects:
Animals
bioindicator
biomonitoring
Degraded grassland
Degraded grasslands
Ecology
Environmental quality assessment
Eumonhystera
food web
grassland
Grassland degradation
Indicator indicator
Nematoda
nematode
Nematode communities
North China
Prismatolaimus
relative abundance
salinity
soil fauna
Soil fauna
Soil nematode
Soil salinity
Soil salinization
Soils
Top down effects
top-down control
Top-down effects
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